Portrait of Bindo Altoviti (Raphael)
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| Portrait of Bindo Altoviti |
| Raphael, 1512-1515 |
| oil on wood |
| 60 × 44 cm |
| National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
The Portrait of Bindo Altoviti is a painting finished around 1514 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It is housed in the National Gallery of Art of Washington, D.C.
Bindo Altoviti was a rich banker born in Rome in 1491, but of Florentine origin. He was a cultured man who loved the arts.
The painting was a property of Altoviti’s descendants until, in 1808, it was sold to Ludwig I of Bavaria. It remained in Munich until 1936, when it was acquired by Samuel Kress. Subsequently it become property of the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
